A Time to be Born
‘If you have ever felt overwhelmed by the miracle of birth, or if you have ever experienced the wonder of pregnancy, you will love this gentle book of poems.’

Love Country

Now love is an arc-light
behind the skin,
light within the granite
that shows it transparent.

Mary called it an angel.
Threading whirling dust-motes
into a structure like a cathedral
hooking tapestries of cells
each to a sparking terminal

and then you’re solid in my arms
and then you gaze at me and smile
and then you brush my cheek
with your small hand.


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Love Country

 
‘When I was pregnant, I felt a new kind of love, quite different from any I had ever experienced before. It seemed to make the whole of life light up.’

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Poems Copyright © Jeni Couzyn, 1983, 1985, 1999.
Drawings Copyright © Claire Weissman Wilks 1975, 1983, 1999. All rights reserved.
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